Chaplains at Hospice by the Sea in Boca Raton have been directed by hospice managers not to say the word, "God" when praying in any non-private setting (link).
Hospice CEO Paula Alderson said the ban on religious references applies only to the inspirational messages that chaplains deliver in staff meetings. The hospice remains fully comfortable with ministers, priests and rabbis offering religious counsel to the dying and grieving.The ruling led the Rev. Mirta Signorelli to resign her position.
"I was sensitive to the fact that we don't impose religion on our staff, and that it is not appropriate in the context of a staff meeting to use certain phrases or 'God' or 'Holy Father,' because some of our staff don't believe at all," Alderson said.
Signorelli said that she and other chaplains were told Feb. 23 to "cease and desist from using God in prayers." ...
Signorelli, of Royal Palm Beach, said the hospice policy has a chilling effect that goes beyond the monthly staff meetings. She would have to watch her language, she said, when leading a prayer in the hospice chapel, when meeting patients in the public setting of a nursing home and in weekly patient conferences with doctors, nurses and social workers.
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What is the point of praying if you cannot give thanx to your maker?
This is just down right stupid.
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